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It’s been a while since a J.K. Rowling adaption hit the live-action stage. While much has been placed in development since the end of the Harry Potter series, nothing’s begun production yet, but that’s all about to change, thanks to everyone’s favorite network, HBO.

The premium cable network has teamed up with the BBC to adapt Rowling’s adult-novel, The Casual Vacancy, as a three-hour mini-series, this coming months after it was originally announced the BBC was going to adapt the novel for BBC One. The adaptation will be written by Sarah Phelps (EastEnders, BBC’s Great Expectations) with Jonny Campbell (Eric & Ernie) set to direct. Rowling, Neil Blair, Paul Trijbits and Rick Senat are on board as producers. Production is scheduled to begin this summer in South West England.

For those uninitiated with the novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter, The Casual Vacancy follows “Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind its pretty facade, however, is a town at war: rich at war with the poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands and teachers at war with their students.”

Aww man… I don’t want to be the guy posting the first comment, and it’s super-negative! I hate that guy!

Now that I’ve explained that I hate myself, let me explain that I hate the book. I recommend the Casual Vacancy to no one. It is about the worst in people, and it features absolutely no redemption for any of its terrible characters. It is depressing, often boring, and overly “adult” all the way through, as if Rowling just wanted to prove she could write like that.

I love her other offering, the Harry Potter series, and I haven’t read her detective novel yet, but I cannot stand the Casual Vacancy. I finished it out of pure loyalty to Harry Potter, but even the ending did not redeem it.

…That said, I will probably still watch the miniseries. I am not entirely sure why.